XMaskEvent not returning

问题

I am following this tutorial here: http://www.sbin.org/doc/Xlib/chapt_16.html

Here is the image of the tutorial:

Here is my code: (it is in another thread from which I called XInitThreads - I know using threads and X is bad, I know I should be on the main thread, but just wondering if possible)

            var ev = XEvent();

            var rez_XMaskEvent = XMaskEvent(cachedXOpenDisplay(), ButtonPressMask | ButtonReleaseMask, ev.address());
            console.log('rez_XMaskEvent:', rez_XMaskEvent);

            console.log('ev:', ev);

• ButtonPressMask is 4
• ButtonReleaseMask is 8

So XMaskEvent is blocking, but whenever I press my mouse button it is not catching it. Shouldn't it unblock and get to the console.log line?

Do I need to run an event loop somehow in this thread?

Thanks

回答1:

I'm not 100% sure here but I feel this could be your problem:

You probably can't do this from JavaScript without some extra precautions. JavaScript in the browser is single-threaded. That means you're holding a lock and no other JavaScript can run. Your problem is a) you're using threads and b) "If the event you requested is not in the queue, XMaskEvent flushes the output buffer and blocks until one is received." (see the man page)

That means XMaskEvent blocks since the button hasn't been pressed, yet. And your browser can't execute JavaScript anymore. If there is an event in the queue which would trigger some JavaScript, the browser will lock up.

来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/33717635/xmaskevent-not-returning